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Wizards and Warriors

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wizards-and-warriors/

Rare's NES swords and sorcery entry, which became a short-running series.

2022-01-14 20:08:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Alto's Adventure / Alto's Odyssey

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/altos-adventure/

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/altos-odyssey/

A duology of mobile endless runners, mostly recently found on Apple Arcade.

2022-01-13 15:02:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonus Get 178: Hyper Princess Pitch

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game about a princess who tries to ruin everyone's Christmas.

2022-01-11 02:31:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Top 47k Ep 467: Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the darkest version of Home Alone you could imagine.

2022-01-08 19:07:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Nanobreaker

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/nanobreaker/

One of Koji Igarashi's brief breaks from the Castlevania series, a 3D PS2 hack-and-slasher where enemies bleed copious amounts of "oil".

2022-01-07 18:28:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Top 47k Ep 466: Wiz 'n' Liz: The Frantic Rabbit Wescue

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a weird Psygnosis platformer about wizards, rabbits, and magic fruit smoothies.

2022-01-06 17:36:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Revised Article Payment Rates and Patreon Goals for 2022

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/revised-article-payment-rates-and-patreon-goals-for-2022/

A quick post about payment rate changes and the schedule of article posting.

In short, we're increasing the payment rates for article contributors, however in order to fit this into our budget, the regularity of article posting needs to be changed. However, we've...

2022-01-05 16:19:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Bloodroots

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bloodroots/

A self-described "murder ballet" indie action game.

2022-01-05 16:13:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonus Get 177: Princess Maker 2

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game that is even more profoundly creepy than its title suggests.

2022-01-05 02:15:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Top 47k Ep 465: Divi-Dead

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this 1998 adult horror visual novel.

2022-01-03 21:35:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Top 47k Ep 464: Earthworm Jim

in the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the first game starring Shiny Entertainment's worm with a gun.

2021-12-31 16:09:15 +0000 UTC View Post

The Guide to Retro Indie Games Vol. 2 is now available!

Here it is, four years after the first volume! Full table of contents can be found here: http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/books/hg101-presents-the-guide-to-retro-indie-games-vol-2/

PDF: https://www.dropb...

2021-12-29 21:16:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Swords of Destiny

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/swords-of-destiny/

A PS2 3D action title from Artoon, only released in Japan and Europe.

2021-12-28 16:58:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Forgotten Worlds

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/forgotten-worlds/

Capcom's co-op side-scrolling where you control flying Arnold and Mr. T through post-apocalyptic landscapes.

2021-12-27 02:41:52 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonus Get 176: Jaws Unleashed

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the PS2 chew-em-up that looked into our dead, doll-like eyes and gave us the Jaws game we wanted all along.

2021-12-24 17:34:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Top 47k Ep 463: Hades

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Supergiant's hit game about the underworld's worst escape artist.

2021-12-24 17:32:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Blazing Rangers

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/blazing-rangers/

A brand new FC/NES title from Karu_gamo, the developer of Protect Me Knight, based on firefighting.

2021-12-22 23:03:31 +0000 UTC View Post

Yuuyuuki / BS Shin Onigashima

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/yuuyuuki/

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bs-shin-onigamishima/

More Nintendo adventure games, including the goofy Yuuyuuki and the SFC Satellaview sequel to Shin Onigashima.

2021-12-20 16:38:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Top 47k Ep 462: Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Origin Systems' final numbered entry in the Wing Commander franchise.

2021-12-20 01:55:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Bonus Get 175: Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Capcom's squad-based shooter Resident Evil that actually made money somehow.

2021-12-20 01:52:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Shin Onigashima

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/shin-onigashima/

A comical Japan-only FDS adventure game based on Japanese folklore.

2021-12-15 21:01:49 +0000 UTC View Post

Wonder Dog

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wonder-dog/

An animal mascot platformer and holdover until Sonic made it to the Sega CD.

2021-12-13 22:19:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Inscryption

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/inscryption/

One of the big indie hits of the year, a deckbuilding roguelike that's a lot more than it seems, coming from the dev behind Pony Island.

2021-12-13 22:18:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Top 47k Ep 461: Koudelka

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this 1999 gothic RPG that laid the groundwork for the Shadow Hearts series.

2021-12-12 19:19:49 +0000 UTC View Post

Top 47k Ep 460: System Shock

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this 1994 action-adventure game about a lone hacker's corpse-collecting quest to defeat an evil A.I.

2021-12-10 14:27:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Psychonauts 2

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/psychonauts-2/

Double Fine's follow-up to one of HG101's Top 200 Best Games of All Time.

2021-12-10 14:25:10 +0000 UTC View Post

HG101 Digest Vol. 7: Metroid and Kid Icarus is Now Available

The latest HG101 digest is now available!

For Patrons donating at the $20+ level, we expect that the Retro Indie Vol. 2 book will be completed within the next week or two, so copies of both will be included together.

PDF:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ix89zb3n1l3rmy/HG101_Digest_Vol7_Metroid_and_Kid_Icarus.pdf?dl=0

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2021-12-08 15:02:28 +0000 UTC View Post